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Do you want to know what it is like to study at KTH? Follow our international Master’s students in their daily life at KTH and in Stockholm. Read Abhilash's, Behrooz's, Natanael's and Xintong's blog.

NEWS

Making Cars Safe for Cell Phones

Research shows that using a mobile phone handsfree device while driving is no safer than simply holding the phone to your ear. Other studies show that attempts to require use of handsfree or ban SMS text messaging behind the wheel are not working at all. Now researchers at KTH are studying practical ways to improve road safety.

Sweden’s Best-Kept Technology Secret

Did you know that the world’s first commercial Internet-like data communication system was developed in Sweden in the early 1970s? KTH Professor Torsten Cegrell, back then an employee of the electrical engineering firm Asea, developed a routing function to help message packets select the correct path through a network — a solution that made possible the Internet as we know it today.

NEWS

Leggett at KTH: Revising How We Understand the Arrow of Time

At the AlbaNova Colloquium, Sir Anthony Leggett, the 2003 Nobel Physics Prize winner, talks about the science of quantum mechanics, looking at how research into the very strange behaviour of atomic particles is beginning to deliver new technologies — even before the fundamental principles are fully understood.

Our research platforms

To meet the grand challenges of tomorrow, KTH has created five multi-disciplinary research platforms in cooperation with external partners.

A research career at KTH

Positions within the KTH Strategic Research Areas

To achieve impact in the strategic research areas, KTH are aiming to recruit inspired researchers of world class standing, or potential.

A network for KTH alumni

A network for KTH alumni

A new web-based network for KTH alumni makes it easier to keep in touch with other alumni and KTH.

Peter Gudmundson

The President's thoughts

Peter Gudmundson on current issues and events.

Cluster network

A part of the Cluster network

European universities enhancing the quality of education and research.